VIENTIANE, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Lao nationals working in other countries are sending annual average remittances of 412 million U.S. dollars back home, representing 2.3 percent of the country's GDP, local daily Vientiane Times on Thursday quoted a repo...

PHNOM PENH, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's technology-based startups have grown rapidly in recent years, with the supporting ecosystem boosted by policies and infrastructure geared toward their development, said a new report released by the Asian Dev...

The early morning sun peaks over the leafy Thai hillside as a crew of 20 migrant workers toss fresh rice seedlings into the soaked paddy fields, signifying the start of the rice season in northern Thailand's Chiang Mai Province.Speed and agility are ...

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak on Wednesday told local exporters to reap the benefits of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade pact, which entered into force on Jan. 1, 2022. In a speech to some 350 ...

BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Wang Chen, vice chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, met with Tran Thanh Man, Standing Vice Chairman of Vietnam's National Assembly (NA), via video link on Wednesday. Speaking from Beijing,...

PHNOM PENH, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak on Wednesday told local exporters to reap the benefits of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade pact, which entered into force on Jan. 1, 2022. In a s...

PHNOM PENH, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has confirmed 10 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours after 52 days of zero cases, the health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. Eight were found in the community and two were detected on inbou...

VIENTIANE, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Some 5,833,738 people have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, equal to 79.5 percent of the total population, according to the Lao Ministry of Health. As of Monday, a total of 5,136,478 people have had a second dose, ac...

HANOI, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.44 percent year on year in the first six months of this year, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Wednesday. In the first half of 2022, items posting the most ...

HANOI -- Vietnam recorded a year-on-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.72 percent in the second quarter of 2022, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said Wednesday. It is the highest second-quarter GDP growth recorded by the country in the...

PHNOM PENH, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia sets July 23, 2023 as the date for the seventh National Assembly election, according to a decision signed by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Wednesday. "Minister in charge of the Council of Ministers, ...

HANOI, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam attracted an estimated foreign investment of 14.03 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of this year, down 8.9 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment on Wednesday. During the pe...

HANOI, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded a year-on-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.72 percent in the second quarter of 2022, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said Wednesday. It is the highest second-quarter GDP growth recorded by ...

PHNOM PENH, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia reported new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday after having recorded zero cases for 52 consecutive days, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said Tuesday night. In a special audio message to the nation, Hun Sen said ...

YANGON -- Zheng Zhihong, Minister Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy to Myanmar on Tuesday attended the launching ceremony of Year 2022 Donation Project to Mary Chapman School for the Deaf. At the ceremony, Zheng said this year, the embassy will provi...

HANOI, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 769 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up by 132 from Monday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 37 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi w...

GENEVA, 28th June, 2022 (WAM) -- As a candidate for the membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for 2023 - 2025, Vietnam will continue...

PHNOM PENH, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on Tuesday marked the 71st anniversary of its birth, vowing to protect peace and political stability for sustainable socio-economic development in the Southeast Asian country. ...

Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): NBC has confirmed that it will air a primetime special 'Ukraine: Answering the Call' to raise funds and awareness for the war in Ukraine, featuring an address by president Volodymyr Zelensky on July 3 at 7 p.m. 'Ukrain...

Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): A US working group will engage with partners, including Ecuador, Panama, Senegal, Taiwan and Vietnam to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, curtail the global trade of IUU fish and fish products,...

HANOI, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 637 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by 80 from Sunday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted, reported in 39 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital...

VIENTIANE, June 27 (Xinhua) -- An additional 161 dengue fever cases were reported across Laos in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally in the country to 4,087, according to the Lao Ministry of Health on Monday. The Lao capital Vientiane logged the hi...

HANOI, 27th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam jumped 39 steps to become the 62nd best country worldwide for quality of life in 2021, according to a...

Vietnam is ready to boost rice exports should India impose a ban, Hanoi says Vietnam is prepared to increase rice exports if the world's largest exporter, India, imposes a...

HANOI, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 557 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down 100 from Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 32 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi w...

Polo, Illinois - Before the 2016 presidential election, Illinois farmer Brian Duncan looked to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement between the United States and Asian countries, to boost demand for his crops, and in particular, prices...

PHNOM PENH, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia burned more than 6 tons of illicit drugs and ingredients on Sunday to mark the International Day Against Drug, officials said. Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng set fire on the seized illic...

Abortion rights in the US are not quite as restricted as the president implied, howeverPresident Joe Biden claimed on Friday that a Supreme Court ruling restricting abortion access has made the US "an outlier among developed nations." However, while ...

HANOI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The Da Nang Investment Forum 2022 was held Saturday in Vietnam's central city of Da Nang, in a bid to attract foreign investment. At the event, a series of adjustments to the overall plan for the development of Da Nang by 2...

PHNOM PENH, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and east China's Jiangsu Province have launched the "Silk Road E-commerce", aiming to further boost bilateral trade and investment relations. In a congratulatory letter on the occasion of the "Silk Road E-comm...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): A truck transporting garment workers to their factory flipped onto its side in the southwestern Kampong Speu province on Saturday morning, leaving 27 people wounded, a senior police officer said. The accid...

Kathmandu [Nepal], June 25 (ANI): The new ambassador of India to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday afternoon to take charge of his office. Upon arrival at the Kathmandu's Tribhuwan International Airport, Srivastava was receive...

HANOI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 657 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, up by 4 from Friday, according to its Ministry of Health. All the new infections were domestically transmitted in 36 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi wa...

VIENTIANE, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Laos held the final round of the 15th "Chinese Bridge" contest for non-Chinese secondary students in the capital Vientiane on Friday, and released the final result on Saturday. The annual Chinese proficiency competition...

Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): Owing to greater opportunities with cheaper prices over land purchasing rights, labour wages, and operational expenses for factories and warehouses, Vietnam may replace China as the factory of the world in near future....

by Yi Xin BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden formally announced the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) on May 23 in Tokyo during his first Asia tour, revealing what Washington enshrined as a key com...

© Provided by Xinhua NANNING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- On May 27, a cargo ship loaded with Malaysian manganese ore arrived at Beibu Gulf Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.The ore was sent to the smelting workshop of South Manganese G...

HANOI, 13th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam needs immediate solutions to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) and strengthen its sources, ...

HANOI, 10th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam was placed 68th out of the 120 countries in the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2021 recently released by the...

HANOI, 8th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam is joining international efforts to protect the blue ocean in response to World Ocean Day 2022, Vietnam...

HANOI, 7th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022 is scheduled to take place in Hanoi in December. According to Vietnam ...

BRUSSELS, 3rd June, 2022 (WAM) -- Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the EU, has met with EU Commissioner for ...

HANOI, 26th May, 2022 (WAM) -- All airline members of Vietnam Airlines Group, Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASO, will offer more tha...

HANOI, 19th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has reported 1,716 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including one imported case, taking the ...

HANOI, 13th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam has successfully maintained fiscal, external and financial stability, Resident Representative of the In...

HANOI, 9th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Vietnam on Monday announced 2,269 new infections of COVID-19, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Ac...